2016–17 Champions Hockey League

2016–17 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates 16 August 2016 – 7 February 2017
Teams 48
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The 2016–17 Champions Hockey League is the third season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament launched by 26 founding clubs, six leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The group stage began on 16 August 2016, with the one-game Final scheduled for 7 February 2017.

Team allocation

A total of 48 teams from different European first-tier leagues participate in the 2016–17 Champions Hockey League.

Team license

The teams are selected based on different licenses for the founding teams, leagues and wildcards.[1]

  1. National champion
  2. Regular season winner
  3. Runner-up, regular season
  4. Play-off finalist
  5. Best placed semifinal loser
  6. Worst placed semifinal loser

Teams

Notes:

Group stage

The format remains the same as in the previous season. The group stage began on 16 August and finishes on 11 September 2016. The 48 teams were divided into 16 groups of three teams each. Each team playes a double round-robin in their group, facing each team at home and on the road, giving 4 games per team. The 16 group winners and the 16 runners-up qualify for the playoffs.

Group stage draw

The 16 groups were determined by a draw taking place on 3 May 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. The 48 teams had been ranked and placed into three pots of 16 teams each. Following the draw, each group consisted of one team from each pot. The seedings were as follows:[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Sweden Frölunda HC
Finland Tappara
Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec
Switzerland SC Bern
Germany Red Bull München
Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Sweden Skellefteå AIK
Finland HIFK
Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Switzerland ZSC Lions
Sweden Luleå Hockey
Finland Oulun Kärpät
Czech Republic HC Plzeň
Switzerland HC Davos
Sweden Växjö Lakers
Finland JYP

Czech Republic BK Mladá Boleslav
Switzerland HC Lugano
Sweden Linköpings HC
Finland SaiPa
Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel
Switzerland EV Zug
Sweden Färjestad BK
Finland Lukko
Czech Republic Dynamo Pardubice
Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron
Sweden Djurgårdens IF
Finland TPS
Sweden HV71
Finland KalPa
Slovakia HK Nitra
Slovakia HC Košice

Germany Eisbären Berlin
Czech Republic Orli Znojmo
Germany Grizzlys Wolfsburg
Austria Vienna Capitals
Germany ERC Ingolstadt
Austria Black Wings Linz
Germany Adler Mannheim
Germany Krefeld Pinguine
Norway Stavanger Oilers
Denmark Esbjerg Energy
Belarus Yunost Minsk
France Dragons de Rouen
United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
Poland ComArch Cracovia
Norway Lørenskog IK
France Rapaces de Gap

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regular time, 2 points for an overtime win or shootout win, 1 point for an overtime loss or shootout loss, 0 points for a loss in regular time). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings:

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of wins in regular time in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. higher number of goals scored in one match in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  6. if, after having applied criteria 1 to 5, teams still had an equal ranking in a two-way tie, criteria 1 to 5 were reapplied against the third team in the group. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 7 to 10 applied;
  7. higher number of wins in overtime;
  8. higher number of goals scored in shootout (if both matches ended in shootout);
  9. if two teams still remained tied and they met in their group's final game, they played a shootout to determine which team is ranked higher;
  10. higher pre-draw rankings.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FHC WOL DYN
1 Sweden Frölunda HC 4 2 0 1 1 11 9 +2 7 Advance to Playoffs — 2–3 5–2
2 Germany Grizzlys Wolfsburg 4 2 0 0 2 11 10 +1 6 1–2 — 6–0
3 Czech Republic Dynamo Pardubice 4 1 1 0 2 11 14 −3 5 3–2 (SO) 6–1 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DIF HCD ROU
1 Sweden Djurgårdens IF 4 2 1 0 1 15 6 +9 8 Advance to Playoffs — 6–0 4–0
2 Switzerland HC Davos 4 2 1 0 1 10 10 0 8 3–1 — 4–1
3 France Dragons de Rouen 4 0 0 2 2 6 15 −9 2 3–4 (OT) 2–3 (OT) —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HCL TAP MAN
1 Switzerland HC Lugano 4 2 1 0 1 11 9 +2 8 Advance to Playoffs — 1–3 4–3 (OT)
2 Finland Tappara 4 2 0 0 2 7 9 −2 6 1–3 — 2–1
3 Germany Adler Mannheim 4 1 0 1 2 10 10 0 4 2–3 4–1 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZSC LUK ING
1 Switzerland ZSC Lions 4 3 1 0 0 11 3 +8 11 Advance to Playoffs — 2–0 2–0
2 Finland Lukko 4 1 0 1 2 9 9 0 4 2–3 (SO) — 1–3
3 Germany ERC Ingolstadt 4 1 0 0 3 5 13 −8 3 1–4 1–6 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KAR VIT KRE
1 Finland Oulun Kärpät 4 3 1 0 0 12 5 +7 11 Advance to Playoffs — 1–0 (OT) 5–3
2 Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel 4 1 0 1 2 7 10 −3 4 2–4 — 5–3
3 Germany Krefeld Pinguine 4 1 0 0 3 8 12 −4 3 0–2 2–0 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group F

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FRI RBM ZNO
1 Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron 4 3 0 0 1 12 6 +6 9 Advance to Playoffs — 3–0 5–2
2 Germany Red Bull München 4 3 0 0 1 14 7 +7 9 3–1 — 7–0
3 Czech Republic Orli Znojmo 4 0 0 0 4 6 19 −13 0 1–3 3–4 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group G

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EVZ HIFK ESB
1 Switzerland EV Zug 4 3 1 0 0 17 7 +10 11 Advance to Playoffs — 2–1 3–2 (SO)
2 Finland HIFK 4 1 0 1 2 13 11 +2 4 1–4 — 7–0
3 Denmark Esbjerg Energy 4 0 1 1 2 10 22 −12 3 3–8 5–4 (OT) —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group H

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPS LIB LIK
1 Finland TPS 4 3 1 0 0 15 3 +12 11 Advance to Playoffs — 3–1 4–1
2 Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec 4 1 1 1 1 8 9 −1 6 1–2 (SO) — 4–3 (OT)
3 Norway Lørenskog IK 4 0 0 1 3 5 16 −11 1 0–6 1–2 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group I

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAI BER LHF
1 Finland SaiPa 4 3 1 0 0 17 9 +8 11 Advance to Playoffs — 6–3 3–2 (SO)
2 Germany Eisbären Berlin 4 2 0 0 2 12 13 −1 6 2–4 — 2–1
3 Sweden Luleå Hockey 4 0 0 1 3 7 14 −7 1 2–4 2–5 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group J

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NIT PLZ OIL
1 Slovakia HK Nitra 4 3 0 0 1 9 6 +3 9 Advance to Playoffs — 2–1 2–1
2 Czech Republic HC Plzeň 4 2 0 0 2 12 10 +2 6 2–4 — 6–4
3 Norway Stavanger Oilers 4 1 0 0 3 7 12 −5 3 2–1 0–3 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group K

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LHC JYP GAP
1 Sweden Linköpings HC 4 4 0 0 0 16 5 +11 12 Advance to Playoffs — 4–3 6–1
2 Finland JYP 4 2 0 0 2 12 9 +3 6 1–4 — 4–0
3 France Rapaces de Gap 4 0 0 0 4 2 16 −14 0 0–2 1–4 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group L

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VLH YUN MLB
1 Sweden Växjö Lakers 4 2 0 2 0 16 10 +6 8 Advance to Playoffs — 4–0 7–3
2 Belarus Yunost Minsk 4 1 1 0 2 10 13 −3 5 4–3 (OT) — 4–3
3 Czech Republic BK Mladá Boleslav 4 1 1 0 2 12 15 −3 5 3–2 (SO) 3–2 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group M

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCB KOS BWL
1 Switzerland SC Bern 4 4 0 0 0 17 5 +12 12 Advance to Playoffs — 3–1 5–0
2 Slovakia HC Košice 4 1 0 0 3 10 15 −5 3 3–6 — 2–3
3 Austria Black Wings Linz 4 1 0 0 3 7 14 −7 3 1–3 3–4 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group N

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SKE KAL VIC
1 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 4 2 0 1 1 10 9 +1 7 Advance to Playoffs — 4–0 2–5
2 Finland KalPa 4 2 0 0 2 7 8 −1 6 1–2 — 3–1
3 Austria Vienna Capitals 4 1 1 0 2 10 10 0 5 3–2 (OT) 1–3 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group O

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FBK SPA CRA
1 Sweden Färjestad BK 4 3 0 1 0 16 5 +11 10 Advance to Playoffs — 2–3 (OT) 7–0
2 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 4 2 1 0 1 16 10 +6 8 1–2 — 5–4
3 Poland ComArch Cracovia 4 0 0 0 4 7 24 −17 0 1–5 2–7 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group P

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HV71 RBS SHE
1 Sweden HV71 4 3 0 0 1 16 9 +7 9 Advance to Playoffs — 1–2 5–3
2 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 4 2 0 0 2 14 12 +2 6 2–5 — 8–1
3 United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers 4 1 0 0 3 11 20 −9 3 2–5 5–2 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Playoffs

In the playoffs, the teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis with the team with the better standing after the group stage having the second game at home, except for the one-match final played at the venue of the team with the best competition track record leading up to the final.

The mechanism of the draw for playoffs was as follows:[7]

Playoff teams

Group Winners
(Seeded in round of 32 draw)		 Runners-up
(Unseeded in round of 32 draw)
A Sweden Frölunda HC Germany EHC Wolfsburg
B Sweden Djurgårdens IF Switzerland HC Davos
C Switzerland HC Lugano Finland Tappara
D Switzerland ZSC Lions Finland Lukko
E Finland Oulun Kärpät Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel
F Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron Germany EHC München
G Switzerland EV Zug Finland HIFK
H Finland TPS Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec
I Finland SaiPa Germany Eisbären Berlin
J Slovakia HK Nitra Czech Republic HC Plzeň
K Sweden Linköpings HC Finland JYP
L Sweden Växjö Lakers Belarus Yunost Minsk
M Switzerland SC Bern Slovakia HC Košice
N Sweden Skellefteå AIK Finland KalPa
O Sweden Färjestad BK Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha
P Sweden HV71 Austria EC Red Bull Salzburg

Bracket

Round of 32   Round of 16   Quarter-finals   Semi-finals   Final
 Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec 4 0 4  
 Sweden Färjestad BK 1 2 3      Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec 1 1 2  
 Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel 7 5 12    Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel 0 3 3  
 Slovakia HK Nitra 0 0 0        Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel  
 Finland KalPa 2 1 3        Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron  
 Sweden Djurgårdens IF 0 2 2      Finland KalPa 1 2 3
 Slovakia HC Košice 1 1 2    Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron 1 3 4  
 Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron 1 4 5          
 Belarus Yunost Minsk 3 0 3          
 Sweden Frölunda HC´ 2 5 7      Germany Eisbären Berlin 1 1 2  
 Germany Eisbären Berlin 4 2 6    Sweden Frölunda HC 6 4 10  
 Switzerland EV Zug 0 1 1        Sweden Frölunda HC
 Switzerland HC Davos 4 3 7        Sweden Linköpings HC  
 Sweden Linköpings HC 7 2 9      Sweden Linköpings HC 1 1 2
 Finland HIFK (SO) 1 4 5(2)    Finland HIFK 1 0 1  
 Finland TPS 1 4 5(1)        
 Germany EHC Wolfsburg 1 2 3        
 Switzerland ZSC Lions 4 5 9      Switzerland HC Lugano 3 2 5  
 Czech Republic HC Plzeň 1 3 4    Switzerland ZSC Lions 2 4 6  
 Switzerland HC Lugano 4 3 7        Sweden Växjö Lakers  
 Finland Tappara 0 2 2        Switzerland ZSC Lions  
 Finland SaiPa 2 4 6      Finland SaiPa 3 2 5
 Germany EHC München 1 3 4    Sweden Växjö Lakers 2 4 6  
 Sweden Växjö Lakers 1 4 5        
 Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha (OT) 1 1 2          
 Finland Oulun Kärpät 1 0 1      Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 2 5 7  
 Finland Lukko 0 3 3    Sweden HV71 4 0 4  
 Sweden HV71 2 4 6        Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha
 Finland JYP 4 2 6        Switzerland SC Bern  
 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 0 4 4      Switzerland SC Bern 3 3 6
 Austria EC Red Bull Salzburg 1 3 4    Finland JYP 2 3 5  
 Switzerland SC Bern 4 3 7  

Note:

  1. The teams listed on top of each tie play first match at home and the bottom team plays second match at home.
  2. The order of the legs (what team starts at home) in the future rounds may be changed as the team with best record should have second match at home.

Round of 32

The draw for the entire playoff (round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) was held on 12 September 2016. The first legs were played on 4 October, and the second legs on 11 October 2016. The seeded teams (group winners) played the last match at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bílí Tygři Liberec Czech Republic 4–3 Sweden Färjestad BK 4–1 0–2
Vítkovice Steel Czech Republic 12–0 Slovakia HK Nitra 7–0 5–0
KalPa Finland 3–2 Sweden Djurgårdens IF 2–0 1–2
HC Košice Slovakia 2–5 Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron 1–1 1–4
Yunost Minsk Belarus 3–7 Sweden Frölunda HC 3–2 0–5
Eisbären Berlin Germany 6–1 Switzerland EV Zug 4–0 2–1
HC Davos Switzerland 7–9 Sweden Linköpings HC 4–7 3–2
TPS Finland 5–6 Finland HIFK 1–1 4–5 (SO)
EHC Wolfsburg Germany 3–9 Switzerland ZSC Lions 1–4 2–5
HC Lugano Switzerland 7–4 Czech Republic HC Plzeň 4–1 3–3
Tappara Finland 2–6 Finland SaiPa 0–2 2–4
EHC München Germany 4–5 Sweden Växjö Lakers 1–1 3–4
HC Sparta Praha Czech Republic 2–1 Finland Oulun Kärpät 1–1 1–0 (OT)
HV71 Sweden 6–3 Finland Lukko 2–0 4–3
JYP Finland 6–4 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 4–0 2–4
EC Red Bull Salzburg Austria 4–7 Switzerland SC Bern 1–4 3–3

Round of 16

The first legs will be played on 1 November, and the second legs will be played on 8 and 9 November 2016.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bílí Tygři Liberec Czech Republic 2–3 Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel 1–0 1–3 (OT)
KalPa Finland 3–4 Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron 1–1 2–3 (OT)
Eisbären Berlin Germany 2–10 Sweden Frölunda HC 1–6 1–4
Linköpings HC Sweden 2–1 Finland HIFK 1–1 1–0
HC Lugano Switzerland 5–6 Switzerland ZSC Lions 3–2 2–4 (OT)
SaiPa Finland 5–6 Sweden Växjö Lakers 3–2 2–4 (OT)
HC Sparta Praha Czech Republic 7–4 Sweden HV71 2–4 5–0
SC Bern Switzerland 6–5 Finland JYP 3–2 3–3

Quarter-finals

The first legs will be played on 6 December, and the second legs will be played on 13 December 2016.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vítkovice Steel Czech Republic QF1 Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron 6 Dec 13 Dec
Frölunda HC Sweden QF2 Sweden Linköpings HC 6 Dec 13 Dec
Växjö Lakers Sweden QF3 Switzerland ZSC Lions 6 Dec 13 Dec
HC Sparta Praha Czech Republic QF4 Switzerland SC Bern 6 Dec 13 Dec

Semi-finals

The first legs will be played on 10 January, and the second legs will be played on 17 January 2017.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winners of match QF1 or QF2 SF1 Winners of match QF1 or QF2 10 Jan 17 Jan
Winners of match QF3 or QF4 SF2 Winners of match QF3 or QF4 10 Jan 17 Jan

Final

The final will be played on 7 February 2017.

7 February 2017Winners of match SF1 or SF2Winners of match SF1 or SF2

References

  1. ↑ "In the home stretch: clubs in 6 founding leagues eye CHL qualification". Champions Hockey League. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "New clubs join CHL". iihf.com. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Qualifikationskriterien für die Champions Hockey League". iihf.com (in German). 20 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "33 CHL clubs already known". IIHF. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Rouen reaches for the stars". Champions Hockey League. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Frolunda, Tappara, Liberec top rankings ahead of Draw". 27 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Playoff Draw next Monday, 12:00 CET". championshockeyleague.net. 2016-09-07.
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